Premature ejaculation ( PE ) in men and its relation to spinal cord reflexes
Updated Nov 1, 2007 at 0:25 EST.
In the September 2007 publication of
Clinical Neurophysiology, Ertekin et al studied the relationship between the ejaculatory process and sacrolumbar intersegmental reflex circuit. Their study was conducted with normal adult men, patients with spinal cord injury and patients with premature ejaculation ( PE ).
Sixteen patients with spinal cord injury ( SCI ), thirty three male volunteers with no health problems and 26 men suffering from premature ejaculation ( PE ) underwent electrical stimulation of the upper lumbar and sacral dermatomes. 39% of patients with ( PE ) did not have reflex responses from the Cremasteric muscle (of the penis), while all of the premature ejaculation patients recorded a response from the Bulbocavernosus muscle (of the penis). The authors concluded that spinal cord reflexes (e.g. the sacrolumbar reflex) may be disturbed in patients suffering from premature ejaculation ( PE ). The test used in this study may be used in the future to evaluate ejaculation in men
